International Computer Symposium (ICS) is one of the largest joint international IT symposiums held in Taiwan. Founded in 1973, it is intended to provide a forum for researchers, educators, and professionals to exchange their discoveries and practices, and to explore future trends and applications in computer technologies. The biennial symposium offers a great opportunity to share research experiences and to discuss potential new trends in the IT industry. This year, ICS 2012 is held at National Dong Hwa University (NDHU) in Taiwan on December 12-14, 2012.
Workshops of ICS 2012
1. Workshop on Algorithms, Bioinformatics, and Computation Theory
Chairs: Jimmy J. M. Tan (National Chiao Tung Univ., TW), Lih-Hsing Hsu (Providence Univ. TW)
2. Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Fuzzy Systems
Chair: Chang-Shing Lee (National Univ. of Tainan, TW)
3. Workshop on Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, SoC, and VLSI/EDA
Chair: Cheng-Wen Wu (Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan, TW)
4. Workshop on Computer Networks and Web Service/Technologies
Chair: Kwei-Jay Lin (Univ. of California, Irvine, USA)
5. Workshop on Crytography and Information Security
Chairs: Chin-Chen Chang (Feng Chia Univ., TW), Jeng-Shyang Pan (National Kaohsiung Univ. of Applied Sciences, TW)
6. Workshop on Database, Data Mining, and Information Retrieval
Chair: Arbee L.P. Chen (National Cheng Chi Univ., TW)
7. Workshop on Digital Content, Digital Life, and Human Computer Interaction
Chair: Yi-Ping Hung (National Taiwan Univ., TW)
8. Workshop on Image Processing, Computer Graphics, and Multimedia Technologies
Chairs: H.J. Lee (Tzu Chi Univ., TW), Chung-Lin Huang (National Tsing Hua Univ., TW)
9. Workshop on Information Literacy, e-Learning, and Social Media
Chair: An-Chi Liu (Feng Chia Univ., TW)
10. Workshop on Mobile Computing, Wireless Communications, and Vehicular Technologies
Chair: Sy-Yen Kuo (National Taiwan Univ., TW)
11. Workshop on Parallel, Peer-to-peer, Distributed, and Cloud Computing
Chair: Wang-Chien Lee (The Pennsylvania State Univ., USA)
12. Workshop on Software Engineering and Programming Languages
Chair: Wuu Yang (National Chiao Tung Univ., TW)
Paper Submission
All submissions will be handled electronically. Papers must be written in ENGLISH and not exceed 10 pages in the format of LNCS. The instructions of electronic submission are posted on http://ics2012.ndhu.edu.tw/ together with related style files. Submitted papers must describe work not previously published. They must not be submitted simultaneously to another conference with refereed proceedings or to a journal. Every accepted paper is required to have at least one author to register in full registration before the due day.
Publication
The symposium proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in series of Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies. Selected papers will be invited to some special issues of journals (listed on the web site). Best papers will be awarded.
Important Dates
Paper Submission Due : Aug. 1, 2012
Paper Notification : Sep. 1, 2012
Final Paper Due : Oct. 1, 2012